User Guide

'ARMIN'0ILOTS'UIDEFOR-OONEY---2 2EV"XIV
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7!2.).'.AVIGATIONANDTERRAINSEPARATIONMUST./4BEPREDICATEDUPONTHEUSEOFTHETERRAINFUNCTION
4HE'4ERRAIN0ROXIMITYFEATUREIS./4INTENDEDTOBEUSEDASAPRIMARYREFERENCEFORTERRAINAVOIDANCE
ANDDOESNOTRELIEVETHEPILOTFROMTHERESPONSIBILITYOFBEINGAWAREOFSURROUNDINGSDURINGmIGHT4HE4ERRAIN
0ROXIMITYFEATUREISONLYTOBEUSEDASANAIDFORTERRAINAVOIDANCEANDISNOTCERTIlEDFORUSEINAPPLICATIONS
REQUIRINGACERTIlEDTERRAINAWARENESSSYSTEM4ERRAINDATAISOBTAINEDFROMTHIRDPARTYSOURCES'ARMINIS
NOTABLETOINDEPENDENTLYVERIFYTHEACCURACYOFTHETERRAINDATA
7!2.).'4HEDISPLAYEDMINIMUMSAFEALTITUDES-3!SAREONLYADVISORYINNATUREANDSHOULDNOTBERELIED
UPONASTHESOLESOURCEOFOBSTACLEANDTERRAINAVOIDANCEINFORMATION!LWAYSREFERTOCURRENTAERONAUTICAL
CHARTSFORAPPROPRIATEMINIMUMCLEARANCEALTITUDES
7!2.).'4HE'ARMIN'ASINSTALLEDIN-OONEYAIRCRAFTHASAVERYHIGHDEGREEOFFUNCTIONALINTEGRITY
(OWEVERTHEPILOTMUSTRECOGNIZETHATPROVIDINGMONITORINGANDORSELFTESTCAPABILITYFORALLCONCEIVABLE
SYSTEMFAILURESISNOTPRACTICAL!LTHOUGHUNLIKELYITMAYBEPOSSIBLEFORERRONEOUSOPERATIONTOOCCURWITHOUT
AFAULTINDICATIONSHOWNBYTHE')TISTHUSTHERESPONSIBILITYOFTHEPILOTTODETECTSUCHANOCCURRENCE
BYMEANSOFCROSSCHECKINGWITHALLREDUNDANTORCORRELATEDINFORMATIONAVAILABLEINTHECOCKPIT
7!2.).'&ORSAFETYREASONS'OPERATIONALPROCEDURESMUSTBELEARNEDONTHEGROUND
7!2.).'4HEALTITUDECALCULATEDBY''03RECEIVERSISGEOMETRICHEIGHTABOVE-EAN3EA,EVELANDCOULD
VARYSIGNIlCANTLYFROMTHEALTITUDEDISPLAYEDBYPRESSUREALTIMETERSSUCHASTHE'$#!!IR$ATA#OMPUTER
OROTHERALTIMETERSINAIRCRAFT'03ALTITUDESHOULDNEVERBEUSEDFORVERTICALNAVIGATION!LWAYSUSEPRESSURE
ALTITUDEDISPLAYEDBYTHE'0&$OROTHERPRESSUREALTIMETERSINAIRCRAFT
7!2.).'4HE*EPPESENDATABASEUSEDINTHE'SYSTEMMUSTBEUPDATEDREGULARLYINORDERTOENSURE
THATITSINFORMATIONREMAINSCURRENT5PDATESARERELEASEDEVERYDAYS!DATABASEINFORMATIONPACKETIS
INCLUDEDINTHE'PACKAGE0ILOTSUSINGANOUTDATEDDATABASEDOSOENTIRELYATTHEIROWNRISK
7!2.).'4HEBASEMAPLANDANDWATERDATAMUSTNOTBEUSEDFORNAVIGATIONBUTRATHERONLYFORNONNAVI
GATIONALSITUATIONALAWARENESS!NYBASEMAPINDICATIONSHOULDBECOMPAREDWITHOTHERNAVIGATIONSOURCES
#!54)/.4HE5NITED3TATESGOVERNMENTOPERATESTHE'LOBAL0OSITIONING3YSTEMANDISSOLELYRESPONSIBLE
FORITSACCURACYANDMAINTENANCE4HE'03SYSTEMISSUBJECTTOCHANGESWHICHCOULDAFFECTTHEACCURACYAND
PERFORMANCEOFALL'03EQUIPMENT0ORTIONSOFTHE'ARMIN'UTILIZE'03ASAPRECISIONELECTRONIC.!6I
GATION!)$.!6!)$4HEREFOREASWITHALL.!6!)$SINFORMATIONPRESENTEDBYTHE'CANBEMISUSEDOR
MISINTERPRETEDANDTHEREFOREBECOMEUNSAFE